Photo by Tamie Meck

Paonia’s Taylor Katzer puts up two in the Eagles’ Feb. 7 win over De Beque. Katzer scored a career- and game-high 24 points against the Dragons, including 10 field goals in the big 82-67 win at home.

Despite double-digit scoring by four De Beque players, the Eagles had their highest scoring game of the season to defeat the Dragons, 82-67.

Taylor Katzer had an outstanding second half, racking up a game-, team- and career-high 24 points for the Eagles, with Daniel Ford scoring 15.

Sophomore Jason Sturgis came off the bench to add another 12. Paonia was also 10-14 from the free throw line.

In Meeker on Friday, a last-second shot gave the Cowboys a 41-40 league win over the Eagles.

The Cowboys are now 15-1 and are in first place in 2A Western Slope standings.

Paonia suffered a 71-44 loss Saturday at Vail Christian (11-6, 6-3).

The Eagles will play at Plateau Valley Friday at 6:30 p.m., and will host their final game of the season against Rangely on Saturday beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday's start time reflects a schedule change, as game times were moved up to accommodate players planning to attend Saturday night's state wrestling championships.